Comments on: CrunchGear goes back to (private) school http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/ Design. Develop. Deploy. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:04:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: EliHorne.com » Why the Macbook is a bargain http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-31 EliHorne.com » Why the Macbook is a bargain Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:17:14 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-31 [...] Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead!School for the rest of usCrunchGear goes back to (private) schoolTechnorati and the curse of Kyra PhillipsKyra Phillips and the blogosphere Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead! » Why the Macbook is a bargain Tagged: apple, bargain, dell, ilife, inspiron, macbook Skip to Comments [...] [...] Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead!School for the rest of usCrunchGear goes back to (private) schoolTechnorati and the curse of Kyra PhillipsKyra Phillips and the blogosphere Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead! » Why the Macbook is a bargain Tagged: apple, bargain, dell, ilife, inspiron, macbook Skip to Comments [...]

]]> By: Chaz http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Chaz Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-30 A similarly featured Dell laptop can be purchased for ~600-700. You're paying twice the going rate for the same hardware, so I would hardly call that a bargain. When you're buying a Mac, you're buying it because you need their hardware to legally run OS X, not because their hardware is better or more affordable. (I don't even know why we're talking about laptops for college students. Most students I know are quite happy with their desktops, and desktops are still much more affordable. The few dorming people I know who have laptops just kept the laptop locked to their desk and used it as a desktop!) Also, I don't think that duel booting a Mac is as much of a selling point as you make it out to be. Duel booting is not something people do if it is avoidable. I duel booted Windows and Linux for a number of years, so I can testify that duel booting is an annoyance you put up with, not a lifestyle you embrace. If you're already in love with OS X but still have some windows programs you need to run, then you might be able to put up with the pain of duel booting. However, if you're a new college student who would've considered the Gateway recommended in the original article, I don't think that assumed desire to switch is there. A similarly featured Dell laptop can be purchased for ~600-700. You’re paying twice the going rate for the same hardware, so I would hardly call that a bargain. When you’re buying a Mac, you’re buying it because you need their hardware to legally run OS X, not because their hardware is better or more affordable.

(I don’t even know why we’re talking about laptops for college students. Most students I know are quite happy with their desktops, and desktops are still much more affordable. The few dorming people I know who have laptops just kept the laptop locked to their desk and used it as a desktop!)

Also, I don’t think that duel booting a Mac is as much of a selling point as you make it out to be. Duel booting is not something people do if it is avoidable. I duel booted Windows and Linux for a number of years, so I can testify that duel booting is an annoyance you put up with, not a lifestyle you embrace. If you’re already in love with OS X but still have some windows programs you need to run, then you might be able to put up with the pain of duel booting. However, if you’re a new college student who would’ve considered the Gateway recommended in the original article, I don’t think that assumed desire to switch is there.

]]> By: Eli http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Eli Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:45:34 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-29 Robert - I agree with you that the macbook is not the cheapest of devices, but when you consider all the features you get with it (dual cores, great battery life, motion sensing hd, easy upgrading, os x) it starts to be a bargain. plus, consider the ability to run windows and it becomes two laptops in one. as far as the gateway is concerned, I don't think external devices can really be considered since thats an additional expense. you can still get external floppy drives too, but why choose one so crippled right out of the box? Robert – I agree with you that the macbook is not the cheapest of devices, but when you consider all the features you get with it (dual cores, great battery life, motion sensing hd, easy upgrading, os x) it starts to be a bargain. plus, consider the ability to run windows and it becomes two laptops in one.

as far as the gateway is concerned, I don’t think external devices can really be considered since thats an additional expense. you can still get external floppy drives too, but why choose one so crippled right out of the box?

]]> By: Eli http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Eli Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:42:32 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-28 Paul - Great entry. Your TI-89 comment brought back some great memories. I'm still astounded by that article. The man is a professional blogger. Mind blowing. Paul -

Great entry. Your TI-89 comment brought back some great memories.

I’m still astounded by that article. The man is a professional blogger. Mind blowing.

]]> By: EliHorne.com » School for the rest of us http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-27 EliHorne.com » School for the rest of us Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:13:56 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-27 [...] CrunchGear goes back to (private) schoolTechnorati and the curse of Kyra PhillipsKyra Phillips and the blogospherePhotography updateDesign safari CrunchGear goes back to (private) school » School for the rest of us Tagged: back to school, blogosphere, crunchgear, gadgets, lists Skip to Comments [...] [...] CrunchGear goes back to (private) schoolTechnorati and the curse of Kyra PhillipsKyra Phillips and the blogospherePhotography updateDesign safari CrunchGear goes back to (private) school » School for the rest of us Tagged: back to school, blogosphere, crunchgear, gadgets, lists Skip to Comments [...]

]]> By: EliHorne.com » http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-26 EliHorne.com » Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:00:58 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-26 [...] It’s been 24-hours since the violent backlast against CrunchGear’s laughable attempt at a back to school check list. Derek Punsalan wrote a great entry titled “College Frosh: Don’t break the bank,” and Paul Stamatiou got us back to reality with his “Back to College shopping list.” Paul actually left a comment after reading my crunchgear tirade. [...] [...] It’s been 24-hours since the violent backlast against CrunchGear’s laughable attempt at a back to school check list. Derek Punsalan wrote a great entry titled “College Frosh: Don’t break the bank,” and Paul Stamatiou got us back to reality with his “Back to College shopping list.” Paul actually left a comment after reading my crunchgear tirade. [...]

]]> By: Robert http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Robert Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:28:25 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-25 I think the Gateway laptop is horrid. But the Macbook is not 'relatively cheap', either. All comparisons with Dell models aside, it's still one of the more expensive laptops you can buy, feature for feature. As another aside on the Gateway: it /does/ have a CD / DVD drive. But it's an external model, for keeping the weight of the unit down. But that's Crunch's fault for not actually explaining properly. The rest of his article wasn't amazing either. I think the Gateway laptop is horrid. But the Macbook is not ‘relatively cheap’, either. All comparisons with Dell models aside, it’s still one of the more expensive laptops you can buy, feature for feature.

As another aside on the Gateway: it /does/ have a CD / DVD drive. But it’s an external model, for keeping the weight of the unit down. But that’s Crunch’s fault for not actually explaining properly.

The rest of his article wasn’t amazing either.

]]> By: College frosh: Don’t break the bank - 5ThirtyOne - Refreshing isn’t it? http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-24 College frosh: Don’t break the bank - 5ThirtyOne - Refreshing isn’t it? Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:10:05 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-24 [...] CrunchGear goes back to (private)school [...] [...] CrunchGear goes back to (private)school [...]

]]> By: Paul Stamatiou http://elihorne.com/journal/crunchgear-goes-back-to-privateschool/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Paul Stamatiou Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:36:03 +0000 http://elihorne.com/?p=29#comment-23 Great post, I absolutely agree that Mr. Biggs was completely not thinking when he scribbled that junk. I mean the list should have had something like a TI-83/89, a sub-$1500 MacBook, maybe one of the cheaper Nanos, a cheap cell-phone, a decent Jansport backpack or some trendy messenger bag and that's it. Seriously, no more reading of the "crunch network" for me. Maybe I'll blog about this too, and make my own list. BTW, I found you via your crunchgear comment. Great post, I absolutely agree that Mr. Biggs was completely not thinking when he scribbled that junk. I mean the list should have had something like a TI-83/89, a sub-$1500 MacBook, maybe one of the cheaper Nanos, a cheap cell-phone, a decent Jansport backpack or some trendy messenger bag and that’s it. Seriously, no more reading of the “crunch network” for me. Maybe I’ll blog about this too, and make my own list. BTW, I found you via your crunchgear comment.

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